Emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) from the U.S. power sector decreased by 24% in 2009 relative to 2008. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) approach was applied to isolate the factors responsible for this decrease. It is concluded that 15% of the decrease can be attributed to the drop in demand for electricity triggered by the economic recession, and 28% can be attributed to switching o...

On the basis of recently estimated emission inventory for East Asia with a resolution of 1x1, the transport and chemical transformation of sulfur compounds over East Asia during the period of February 22 through May 4, 2001, was investigated by using the Models-3 Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system with meteorological fields calculated by the Regional Atmospheric Modeling S...

Some cultural practices that are carried out during the grape ripening period are associated with vine stress, including leaf removal, grape bunch removal, and vegetable cover crops. Additionally, several nitrogen and sulfur supplements have also been used directly on leaves during the last stage of the ripening period. In the work described here, five different cultural practices and the refer...

Xanthomonas sp. strain DY44, capable of degrading H2S, was isolated from dimethyl disulfide-acclimated peat. This bacterium removed H2S either as a single gas or in the presence of the sulfur-containing compounds methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide, and dimethyl disulfide. The maximum specific H2S removal rate, obtained in the late stationary phase, was 3.92 mmol g of dry cells-1 h-1 (6.7 x 10(-16) ...

A synthetic wastewater with high concentration of sulfate and COD was treated in anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) coupled with an activated sludge. The work was accomplished in two phases. In the first phase, the concentration of sulfate was kept constant at 500mg/l, but COD concentration was increased from (3000mg/l to 6000mg/l), consequently, COD and sulfate removal in ABR reached to 80% and 9...

Elemental sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification (S0dAD) was applied in a packed-bed reactor to remove residual nitrogen from raw mature landfill leachate after partial nitritation and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) (PN/A) pretreatment. The performance stability of S0dAD were evaluated with different NOx? (nitrate nitrite) loadings hydraulic retention time (HRT) at 15–28 °C over an o...

The present environmentally-friendly coal processing technology discussed herewith focuses on the combined effect of ultrasonic and microwave energy in extent mineral matter (ash yield) removal from high-sulfur, low-quality coals for their clean utilization. novelty this study is that technique very efficient instead using drastic chemicals with less treatment time, amount reagent comparison to...

Heavy metal exposure has an enormous burden on human health. Current removal technologies require substantial improvements in relation to their efficiency and environmental impact if this issue is be addressed. Over the last decade, several new types of sulfur-rich sorbents have been investigated. These polymers typically high efficiencies for toxic metals such as mercury are often made using s...

This study investigated the removal of sulfur and iron from shungite rocks through different methods after fine grinding: flotation, magnetic separation, microwave treatment, chemical leaching. In this work, first, a mineralogical was conducted. The carbon, silica, iron, compositions in as-received were 45.4%, 38.3%, 4.6%, 2.4%, respectively. grade 1.4% obtained. wet high-gradient separation at...

Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3 catalysts with different pore shapes were synthesized for the ex situ upgrading of extra heavy oils by hydrodesulfurization (HDS), hydrodemetallization (HDM), and hydrodeasphaltization (HDA). The using aluminum oxides that prepared various methods. It was found product obtained thermochemical activation gibbsite leads to formation slit-shaped pores in oxide, while application hydr...